Joseph Edward Billings Explained

Joseph Edward Billings was an architect in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century.^[1] Among his business partners were his brother Hammatt Billings and Charles Frederick Sleeper. He served in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia^{[2] [3]} and belonged to the Boston Artists' Association.

Designs

J.E. Billings

• Church of the Messiah, Florence St., Boston, 1847
• Ingraham School, Sheafe St., Boston, Massachutes, 1847
• Odd Fellows Hall, Boston^[4]
• Chimney, Boston Navy Yard, 1857^[5]

Billings & Billings

• Temple Club, West St., Boston
• Boston Museum
• Grace Episcopal Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1851
• Cathedral Building, Boston, 1873
• Thayer Library, Braintree, Massachusetts, 1874
• College Hall, Wellesley College, 1875

Billings & Sleeper

• National Theatre, Boston, 1852^[6]

Notes and References

1. Proceedings of the ... annual convention of the American Institute of Architects, 1893
2. Frank Torrey Robinson. History of the Fifth Regiment, M.V.M. Boston: W. F. Brown & Co., printers, 1879
3. Massachusetts in the army and navy during the war of 1861-65. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1895
4. James F. O'Gorman. "H. and J. E. Billings of Boston: From Classicism to the Picturesque." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 1983)
5. "Boston Navy Yard's tall chimney." New York Times, March 4, 1906
6. Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 07-07-1852